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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 1, what causes the boy's mother to become inconsolable?
(a) The boy becomes sick.
(b) Her husband leaves.
(c) She loses her job.
(d) One of her children dies.

2. What novel is the first book the boy has ever read?
(a) The History of Ireland.
(b) The Poor Old Woman.
(c) The Bible.
(d) Paradise Lost.

3. What is the first physical change Francis and Frances encounter?
(a) Their reflections in the mirror disappear.
(b) Their voices switch.
(c) Their hair changes color.
(d) They both change genders.

4. Who gives a gun to the boy's father?
(a) A local policeman.
(b) A family friend.
(c) A German sailor.
(d) His grandfather.

5. Where did the shoot-out of 1922 occur?
(a) In the distillery.
(b) In the church.
(c) In the streets.
(d) In the market.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Tony McIlhenny disappear to?

2. Why does Brigid think she is going mad?

3. Who is Billy Mahon?

4. Where are the boy's father's sisters sent to live after the death of their parents?

5. What color is the light above the graves of Francis and Frances' parents?

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